Someone tell me why I shouldn't...

[SwissJon]

Originally Posted by Barry Jackson

Just us super critical control freak types.

Sounds like I'm gonna be very happy with my printer..

I'm still umming and ahhing over spending the extra $200 on an R3000...

[ravncat]

If you wanna be a super controll freak type, spend an extra 500 or so on a color munki or simmilar device that will let you profile your papers, and even fine tune the profile for the color pallete of an image

I'm definitely getting better results because of paper / ink profiling. (how much better is a harder story. $500 dollars better? maybe not, but when I bought it it was also useful for profiling and calibrating my monitors and my parents projector. So I've found it overall worth it, especially in combination with custom profiling the camera)

[Barry Jackson]

I wonder how many people consider under what light source the final product is to be viewed.

I know if you take a print and look at it under daylight(which can itself vary in color perception of the print), florescent light(lots of variability here also), tungsten light, and the new energy saver bulbs, that you can get lots of different color balances.

That is one reason I look at my test prints under several different sources.

Now that most ink jet dyes and pigments react with the light sources more than the old dye coupled darkroom prints did, the light source is even more critical.

You also have to add in each person's unique ability to see color variances.

I know when I used to run a pro lab I spent a lot of time correcting color that most people wouldn't see.

[ravncat]

Originally Posted by Barry Jackson

I wonder how many people consider under what light source the final product is to be viewed..

Absolutely essential! I think if we've done it right, people don't notice